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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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